Having lifted itself from an 0-2 start, the Christian Brothers Academy boys lacrosse team is starting to find the lethal form that makes another championship run plausible.
The state Class D no. 9-ranked Brothers faced Tully last Tuesday night and trudged through the snow to bash the Black Knights by a score of 15-5.
Preston Taylor led the way, scoring four times and adding an assist, while Sam Bonacci had a three-goal hat trick. Ryan Mackenzie had two goals and two assists as Wyatt Auyer finished with two goals and one assist.
Mike Adornato earned a goal and three assists, with Patrick O’Brien picking up one goal and two assists. Ian Henderson and Joey Matheson also earned goals as Alex Poindexter and Matt Ludington had one goal apiece.
CBA faced Buffalo’s Bishop Timon/St. Jude on Thursday night, yet another game played through the snow, but once again the Brothers would flourish, especially during the first half of a 20-6 romp over the Tigers.
Not content with getting seven unanswered goals in the first quarter, CBA followed up by scoring 10 times in the second period, creating a 17-0 margin and a running clock throughout the second half.
Taylor, with five goals and four assists, again proved tough to stop, as did Auyer, who set a career mark with six goals to go with one assist as Mackenzie got two goals and four assists.
O’Brien found the net three times, adding an assist. Bonacci and Adornato both gained one goal and one assist, with Matheson and Francis Cannizzo also earning goals.
In the middle of this stretch of six games in 14 days, CBA took on Brighton (Section V) Saturday and won big again, thought the issue was in a bit of doubt until five unanswered goals in the fourth quarter produced a 12-3 decision.
Getting away from the Barons late, the Brothers got four goals and two assists from Taylor, with O’Brien adding three goals and two assists. Mackenzie and Adornato each scored twice, combining for three assists as Bonacci had the other goal. Will Fallon stopped 10 of the 13 shots he faced as Auyer, Matheson and Eli Weiss had one assist apiece.
East Syracuse Minoa went on the road twice late in the week, starting with a Thursday trip to Oswego where the Spartans had little trouble putting together a 17-5 win over the Buccaneers.
It was already 14-1 by halftime, ESM seeing the Madonna brothers click quite well as Lance Madonna had five goals and two assists, with Derrek Madonna adding four goals and two assists.
Luke Rosaschi chimed in by scoring three times as Dillon May contributed a pair of goals. Jackson Palumb had one goal and one assist as Dan Boland and Adam Caramanna contributed goals and Mike Kavanagh got an assist.
At Whitesboro on Saturday afternoon, the Spartans prevailed by the same 12-goal margin as it did against Oswego, wiping out the Warriors 15-3 as it netted nine unanswered goals in the first quarter.
Palumb set a season mark with four goals, though it was Lance Madonna leading in points with three goals and four assists. Houghtaling and Derrek Madonna also had three-goal outings as Kavanagh had one goal and one assist, with Boland also earning a goal and Caramanna adding an assist.
